The Ravens announced Tuesday they will allow fans to exchange Ray Rice jerseys at the club’s stadium stores.
The club said it would release more specifics on the plan, but it appears akin to the Patriots’ decision to offer fans a chance to trade in their Aaron Hernandez jerseys for other jerseys last season. More than 2,500 Hernandez jerseys were eventually turned in to the Patriots.
The Ravens released Rice on Monday after a longer-length video emerged of him hitting his now-wife in an Atlantic City elevator in February. The organization’s support of Rice after the assault drew widespread criticism, as did the tone of the Ravens’ support at times.
But the Ravens have now moved on from Rice. And Tuesday’s jersey exchange announcement suggests they anticipate some of their fans would like to do the same.
